Cricket News sort by Christopher Henry Morris

The auction for the 2016 Indian Premier League season was held at Bangalore on Saturday. Here’s a closer look at the Top 10 buys at the event

Having won the first Test against South Africa comprehensively, England went into the New Year Test at Cape Town with their noses ahead. The Proteas are known to fight back hard from tough situations, and nothing different was expected of them at Newlands.

India put up an eminently poor batting display in the second T20 at Cuttack to lose the T20 series with one match to go. Although they had lost the first match as well

South Africa defeated India by six wickets in the second T20 international at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack and have already won the series with one more game still to come

These are still early days in the tournament, but enough games have been played for us to try and look at what some of the big buys at this year’s auction have done. Remember, some little-known names from around the cricketing world were purchased for hefty sums by major franchises even as some other well-known ones were ignored.

The IPL 6 auction threw up a few surprises, with most franchises opting for lesser-known names rather than star players. And so, while the Australian duo of Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke went for their base price, a few others were richer by an unexpected margin.

Delhi Daredevils choked to a 22-run defeat in the hands of the unfancied Lions in the 1st Semi Final at Durban. This was despite the Delhi Daredevils needing only 140 runs from 20 overs.